Yes, the wait was worth it.

Interesting chapter, looks like their outworld origins is out of the bag and this magic being. From the looks of it Celestia does exude an aura of submission to her of some sort and is suspicious of them to a degree. The magic might actually be related to NMM and the pony of shadow, maybe. And it looks like the four of them will be separated, and will settled by different handlers, and any idea of getting them back home soon crushed. The idea that they are now foals is interesting, through I am surprised they they didn't notice their juvenile traits. I will be looking forward to see where it will lead them and how they will manage to reunite together again.

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Glad to hear you're looking forward to the next part!
as for their juvenile traits the way it made sense to me was that they would have no frame of reference until they encountered other ponies, so just assumed they were still similar ages (admittedly the timberwolves and survival took precedent over philosophical pondering on what they turned into)

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That's a relief to hear!